Ms office compatibility

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I use the iPad for school. It's great, I have all my text books on it and can use it for almost anything. But there are some short falls that hopefully can be fixed by purchasing the right apps.

One major issue I'm having is every document from school has to be in .doc or .docx. That's fine for .doc but there is no option to export in .docx format. Also, many times pages omits parts of .doc documents, which means I must double check every assignment on a pc in order to make sure I don't miss anything.

I wish there was an ms office suit for the iPad, but sadly I doubt that will ever happen. But in the meantime can anyone offer ideas on apps that have good ms office compatibility? Because although pages says it's compatible, it only barely cuts it.

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So does QuickOffice. None of them are perfect. I have used Office2HD (which opens but does not save in Office 2007 format and Quickoffice. Both do part of, not all of what I would like to do with Office files. They are getting better, but still not great especially with excel files.

Plus its file-management interface (nested folders) is the best imitation I've found of a desktop environment. Given that Apple forces these devs to create walled gardens within iOS, I find the suite easy to work in.

Plus its file-management interface (nested folders) is the best imitation I've found of a desktop environment. Given that Apple forces these devs to create walled gardens within iOS, I find the suite easy to work in.

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Ditto.
I love Quick Office Mobile Connect Suite. It takes my iPad a major leap forward in being my primary mobile work device.

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Thanks for all the feedback. I'll look into quick quick office. I was hesitant to get any of the office apps since they are a little pricey to just got getting them not knowing how well they work. I keep getting notes on assignments about awkward looking formats and stuff even though I opted to keep a .doc format. Another class of mine only accepts docx formats so I was sol with pages. I'll check out quick office and hopefully it makes iPad one step closer to being my sole workstation for school.

I think it's funny apple pushed this device as the future for students yet has made it so hard for devs to make good office suits and is just now bringing printing as a native option. I love my iPad and iPhone but these little quirks really get me.

Plus its file-management interface (nested folders) is the best imitation I've found of a desktop environment. Given that Apple forces these devs to create walled gardens within iOS, I find the suite easy to work in.

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Ditto.
I love Quick Office Mobile Connect Suite. It takes my iPad a major leap forward in being my primary mobile work device.

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I would concur. I have downloaded QuickOffice and so far it has worked as advertised. I like the integration with Dropbox (which I use for file storage). I used QuickOffice for Palm and for the Dell Axium back in the "old days", so I was comfortable with the program.

So far, I have only done simple editing and composing, and I wish the PowerPoint integration was better, but overall, seems to be the best app in a group in which none will totally meet the needs I have.

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